Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-01-21
FARM AND GARDEN.


less expensive.
The richer and better titled the
ground, the less seed will be required
of small grain. The roots do not have
TO forage SO far.
Sulphur and old tobacco leaves
burned in the poultry house, the house
being closed perfectly tight, will clean
out the red lice.
The cost OF creamery apparatus
for a dairy of fifty cows is from Sl2S
to $3.50. For fifty more cows the bill
would be increased SLY.
Warm and cold milk should not be
mixed. The new milk should be rid
of its animal heat before adding it to
that of previous milkings.
Many people complain that the
skins OF apples are very thick and
tough this year. 1t is likely that the
dry season was the cause.
Make harness fit properly and a
horse can wear it without distress. pro-
vided that it is also kept decently clean
and comfortably soft.
One of the best supplementary feeds
with corn fodder is wheat bran. 1t is
even better in the winter as n supple
mentary food for COWS.
MANY Dakota farmers this year raised
flax for fuel, ton of flax being consid-
cred more valuable for heating purposes
than ton of soft coal
BE careful in feeding new corn. The
old. well-Irie corn should be fed first
so as to give the new corn as much time
as possible for driving.
Make cutting, of currants and goose
berries now six inches long viii an
swer. Mellow the soil, insert them YER
tically and press the soil firmly about
them.
Professor Steward think, that the
corn crop ensilagc when the ear 10 in
the dough state viii be as valuable for
feeding as if the corn were husked,
shelled and ground.
If fowlS ARE thirsty they W II eat snow
and pieces of ice, as well as drn from
the vile gutter; but that is no reason
for neglecting to provide them with
fresh water.
The struggle against weeds may be
continued in autumn with more or less
success as long as their seed can be in
duced to sprout, ready for destruction
by the harrow.
Well drained and deeply filled land
stores Warmth to such an extent as to
proIong the season of growth and
obyiate risks OF frost that otherwise
might reduce profits Of cultivation
materially.
AT East Aurora, y. Y there are
being made some mammoth cheese for
uGa,gow firm They are fifteen feet in
circumference and three and half feet
high, weighing from 5000 to 1900
pounds.
Sell all Young cattle that YOU do not
intend 10 keep over winter that are in
good condition They will soon cost
too much too keep + You have not a
proper place and proper feed for
them
Wheat cut before the berry hardens,
say at the time when 10 is pa,sn from
the dough state VIII make better flour
and more of it than wheat hardened
to the last degree Of rpeness. But
the ripe wheat is the best for seed.
The amount of wool going into
consumption IN Europe is much
larger this year than previously,
lie the demand in tn ; country is
also increasing. which gives an en-.
couragiug outlook for wool growers.
Ounce trees should be mulched as
protection against extreme heat and
cold. a. the roots are small and usual
~ near the surface. The ounce bears
every year. but require, some care,
and may be pruned annually with adj
vantage.
The sweet potato does not blossom
in the open air in the United States
but plants kept in the greenhouse will
blossom during the latter part of win.
ter or in the spring The sweet potato
makes nice running plant, and few
persons would suppose it to be the
well known esculent.
Plow the heavy land and leave it il
the rough cond ton so that the fros
can penetrate and render it fine
There is no better agency for pulver
izing tough soil than the frost. Il
will also at the same time destroy tn,
cut worm.
Domestic an mails, especially CROWN.
stock do not thrive without copiou,
supply of light Fattening stock pu
on plenty of weight in darkness. bu
this is not thrift; it is cruelty. anC
their flesh is not fit for human consump
! ton.
Clean out the wells during dry sea
sons. No matter how well covere,
they may be. the chances are that toad
will be found in them. Ii is importan